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Where Is LULA????.......Our OWN Fast Fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, 10 January 2007 - 1:23 AM SL Time |  | |
Who is the Fastetest.....LULA or this guy???
Measuring the swimming speed of large fishes in the wild is extremely difficult.
Most sources believe that the fastest species of fish is the Indo-Pacific Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus. It has been clocked in excess of 110 km/h (68 mph) over short periods.
The Indo-Pacific Sailfish grows to over 3.4 m in total length and 100 kg in weight.
It is dark blue above, brownish laterally and silvery below. There are about twenty bars on sides of the body that are made up of bright blue spots
The Indo-Pacific Sailfish is an oceanic species that feeds on schooling fishes such as sardines, anchovies and mackerels. Nakamura (1985) states that the feeding behaviour of I. platypterus has been observed by fishermen as follows: `when one or several sailfish found a school of prey fishes, they began to pursue it at about half speed with their fins half-folded back into the grooves. They then drove at the prey at full speed with their fins completely folded back and once they had caught up with it, they suddenly made sharp turns with their fins fully expanded to confront a part of the school and then hit the prey with the bill. Subsequently they ate the killed and stunned fish, usually head first.`
View a map of the collecting localities of Indo-Pacific Sailfish specimens in the Australian Museum Fish Collection.
Another fast-swimming group of fishes are the Mako Sharks. These fishes are sometimes seen making spectacular leaps up to 6 m out of the water. It has been calculated that for the fish to leap to this height it must have been swimming at 35.2 km/h.
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Thambi
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9 Jan 2007 19:28:46 GMT Report for Abuse
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ML
is that you who hold the fish ? i thought you are a srilankan ? |
MarkLevinson
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9 Jan 2007 19:35:16 GMT Report for Abuse
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Thambi,
i thought you are a srilankan ?
NO I am a Burgher....infact a 1/4 pounder....with all the frills :):):):)
BTW What do you think of the THUMBI on thread below....does it looks like heis still not happy with the singing competition??? |
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9 Jan 2007 19:41:27 GMT Report for Abuse
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ML
BTW What do you think of the THUMBI on thread below....does it looks like heis still not happy with the singing competition???
thambi is now very happy after finding a right partner to sing song ,but the problem is your message some how have a hidden meaning , i mean not to have any DUET in TAMIL that ML WONT interpret correctly :))
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you have good command in TAMIL :)
(if no help received from out side ) |
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9 Jan 2007 21:55:54 GMT Report for Abuse
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Thumbi,
if no help received from out side
You will NEVER know :):):)
Anyways, I thought you are happy now???
LOL :) |
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9 Jan 2007 22:00:09 GMT Report for Abuse
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Achilles,
Lula is a UNIQUE person :):):)
For more info visit..
http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2006/12/10671_space.html
LOL:) |
sansare
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10 Jan 2007 00:50:42 GMT Report for Abuse
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Marki,..good day.
This is a good content. Thank you. |
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10 Jan 2007 08:59:37 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mark Loving Son,
LULA is having a break. His return to LNP is imminent.
Right now he is attending a conference at BMICH on 'The Origin of Sri Lankan Species.'
LULA is a member of the panel that includes other eminent historians such as Gamarala, Muchalinda and Kural. |
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10 Jan 2007 09:06:50 GMT Report for Abuse
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Bonggsy,
LULA is a member of the panel that includes other eminent historians such as Gamarala, Muchalinda and Kural.
That is super funny :):):):) |
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10 Jan 2007 18:56:40 GMT Report for Abuse
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Thava,
Kula will be delivering the keynote address.
Tigress will be doing the vote of thanks, on merit. |
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